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Olympic Swimming 101
For most of us, swimming is an enjoyable, leisurely activity that we can take
part in once the weather starts to warm up or when we want to cool off, however for some,
swimming is a fundamental part of a daily routine much like waking up in the morning
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Swimming has been included as part of the Olympic Games since
1896, when freestyle and breaststrokes events were first introduced to the games for athletes
to compete in
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At first, only men were allowed to take part in the swimming events, however, in
1912, women's swimming was incorporated into the water sports events
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As shown above, in 1896, the Swimming program held only four events, but as of
2016, there is a whopping total of 34 events for global athletes to be a part of
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From what I have read and simply from attempting to swim a few laps in the pool,
I can realize that swimming is a tough sport to participate in, due to the fact that although a
person can swim on a team and participate in team events, the work being done in a meet is
widely individual
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An Olympic sized pool is An Olympic sized swimming pool is 50 meters, or
about 164 feet in length, with a depth of about 3 meters (or 9 feet) USA Swimming is the
national decision-making body for swimming in the United States and the Fédération
Internationale de Natation (FINA) is the global decision making body which manage
swimming events and devise the rules for those very events in the Olympic Games
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Earn a qualifying time for the Olympics Trials Swim Meet
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Race at the Olympic Trials Swim Meet
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Finish in the top two in an event at the trials
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Swimmers that finish among the top four swimmers in the 100 or 200 freestyle events might
qualify as relay-only swimmers for the Olympic squad
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Rebecca Adlington, a British Olympic swimmer has quoted: “It's a tough life being a
competitive swimmer
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It's all sleeping, training, driving and occasionally
finding time to eat
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” With this quote in mind, Olympic
swimming takes a lot of a person as swimming has to act as the center of your existence,
while still trying to find time to survive and get a little bit of food and rest in there as well
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Since most swimmers at the Olympic training level, train
from four to five hours per day and five to seven days per week, they typically swim about
six to twelve miles per day alongside weight training and flexibility training
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Home swimming
pools gained popularity in America, post WWII , once the publicity given to swimming on
the big screen, made a home pool a desirable status symbol

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